n. activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"

n. (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force; "work equals force times distance"

n. a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"

n. a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"

n. applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design"

n. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

v. raise; "up the ante"

v. proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top"

v. operate in a certain place, area, or specialty; "She works the night clubs"; "The salesman works the Midwest"; "This artist works mostly in acrylics"

v. give a workout to; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"

v. happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"

v. move in an agitated manner; "His fingers worked with tension"

v. cause to work; "he is working his servants hard"

v. be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"

v. exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"

v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"

v. as of dough or clay

v. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

v. shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"

v. prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"

v. exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"

v. go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"

v. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

v. perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

v. deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"

adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"

adj. used up; "time is up"

adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

adj. open; "the windows are up"

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

n. use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

n. the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications"

n. a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

n. a body of people doing the same kind of work

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

v. move in an agitated manner; "His fingers worked with tension"

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

v. give a workout to; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"

v. make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

v. to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"

v. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

v. have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"

v. behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"

v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

v. perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

v. behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

v. take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"

v. impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

v. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"

v. act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

v. put to use; "exert one's power or influence"

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

v. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

v. prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"

v. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

v. reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"

v. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

v. shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"

v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

v. cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"

v. make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me"

v. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"

v. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

v. pass by; "three years elapsed"

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

v. read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

v. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

v. behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"

v. be in charge of or deal with; "She takes care of all the necessary arrangements"

v. come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"

v. behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

v. speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"

v. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"

v. think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

v. plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"

v. produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"

v. cause to arise; "induce a crisis"

v. cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"

v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

v. be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"

v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

v. bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

v. pass by, over, or under without making contact; "the balloon cleared the tree tops"

v. make a mathematical calculation or computation

v. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

v. be a success; "The idea panned out"

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"

adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"

adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"

adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"

adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"

adj. sloping upward

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

adj. "a soaring eagle"

n. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"

n. (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play"

n. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"

v. cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space; "The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack"

v. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

v. be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"

v. be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

v. move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; "The spotlights played on the politicians"

v. fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned"

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"